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Overview

Gilles Lericolais is affiliated with the French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea in France. Their research spans multiple fields and subfields within Earth and Planetary Sciences, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and environmental studies, reflecting an interdisciplinary approach to understanding natural systems.

The main fields of study associated with their work include:

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Lericolais' research touches on several subfields of study, including:

  • Oceanography
  • Soil Science
  • Atmospheric Science

Core topics covered in their work include:

  • Marine and environmental studies
  • Soil and Environmental Studies
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

Among their recent scholarly contributions is a publication titled Late Quaternary vegetation and climate of SE Europe-NW Asia according to pollen records in three offshore cores from the Black and Marmara seas (2021), which appeared in Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments. This work aligns with interests in paleoclimatology, marine environments, and soil studies.

Lericolais frequently collaborates with other researchers in related fields. Notable co-authors include:

  • Spéranta-Maria Popescu
  • Gonzalo Jiménez-Moreno
  • Stefan Klotz
  • F. Guichard
  • M. Namık Çağatay

Their publications appear primarily in journals such as Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments, linking to their focus on geological and environmental historical data.

Best Publications

  • Catastrophic Flooding of the Black Sea

    William B. F. Ryan;Candace O. Major;Gilles Lericolais;Steven L. Goldstein

  • Pleistocene forced regressions and tidal sand ridges in the East China Sea

    Serge Berné;Pierre Vagner;François Guichard;Gilles Lericolais

  • The co-evolution of Black Sea level and composition through the last deglaciation and its paleoclimatic significance

    Candace O. Major;Steven L. Goldstein;William B.F. Ryan;Gilles Lericolais

  • Constraints on Black Sea outflow to the Sea of Marmara during the last glacial–interglacial transition

    Candace Major;William Ryan;Gilles Lericolais;Irka Hajdas

  • The Danube submarine canyon (Black Sea): morphology and sedimentary processes

    Irina Popescu;Gilles Lericolais;Nicolae Panin;Alain Normand

  • Erosional offshore sand ridges and lowstand shorefaces; examples from tide- and wave-dominated environments of France

    Serge Berne;Gilles Lericolais;Tania Marsset;Jean Francois Bourillet

  • Multiple bottom-simulating reflections in the Black Sea: Potential proxies of past climate conditions

    Irina Popescu;Marc De Batist;Gilles Lericolais;Hervé Nouzé

  • Spreading direction in the central South China Sea

    Guy Pautot;Claude Rangin;Claude Rangin;Anne Briais;Paul Tapponnier

  • Morphology, Internal Structure, and Reversal of Asymmetry of Large Subtidal Dunes in the Entrance to Gironde Estuary (France)

    Serge Berne;Patrice Castaing;Eliane Le Drezen;Gilles Lericolais

  • Late Quaternary channel avulsions on the Danube deep-sea fan, Black Sea

    Irina Popescu;Gilles Lericolais;N Panin;H Wong

  • Environmental significance of microbialites in reef environments during the last deglaciation

    G. Camoin;G. Cabioch;Anton Eisenhauer;J.-C. Braga

  • Quaternary seismic stratigraphy and paleoenvironments on the continental shelf of the East China Sea

    Zhen-Xia Liu;Serge Berne;Yoshiki Saito;G Lericolais

  • A revised calendar age for the last reconnection of the Black Sea to the global ocean

    Guillaume Soulet;Guillaume Soulet;G. Menot;Gilles Lericolais;E. Bard

  • A 130,000-year record of Levantine Intermediate Water flow variability in the Corsica Trough, western Mediterranean Sea

    Samuel Toucanne;Gwenaël Jouet;Emmanuelle Ducassou;Maria-Angela Bassetti

  • Late Pleistocene–Holocene evolution of the northern shelf of the Sea of Marmara

    M.N. Çağatay;K. Eriş;W.B.F. Ryan;Ü. Sancar

  • The Quaternary Channel River: seismic stratigraphy of its palaeo-valleys and deeps

    Gilles Lericolais;Jean‐Paul Auffret;Jean‐François Bourillet

  • Cold seeps along the main Marmara Fault in the Sea of Marmara (Turkey)

    T.A.C. Zitter;P. Henry;G. Aloisi;G. Delaygue

  • Messinian event in the black sea: Evidence of a Messinian erosional surface

    Herve Gillet;Herve Gillet;Gilles Lericolais;Jean Pierre Rehault

  • High frequency sea level fluctuations recorded in the Black Sea since the LGM

    Gilles Lericolais;C. Bulois;C. Bulois;Herve Gillet;Herve Gillet;F. Guichard

  • Black Sea “Lake” reservoir age evolution since the Last Glacial — Hydrologic and climatic implications

    Guillaume Soulet;Guillemette Ménot;Vincent Garreta;Frauke Rostek

Frequent Co-Authors

Serge Berné
Serge Berné University of Perpignan
William B. F. Ryan
William B. F. Ryan Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Jean-François Bourillet
Jean-François Bourillet French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Edouard Bard
Edouard Bard Aix-Marseille University
Samuel Toucanne
Samuel Toucanne French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Marc De Batist
Marc De Batist Ghent University
Stéphan J. Jorry
Stéphan J. Jorry French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Thierry Mulder
Thierry Mulder University of Bordeaux
Bernadette Tessier
Bernadette Tessier Université de Caen Normandie
Jean-Noël Proust
Jean-Noël Proust Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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